Trump Shifts on Muslim Ban, Calls for 'Extreme Vetting'

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/NBC News

Donald Trump is once again shifting the parameters of his proposed temporary ban on Muslisms entering the country, calling Sunday for "extreme vetting" of persons from "territories" with a history of terror — though not explicitly abandoning his previous across-the-board ban.

In an interview with "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday, Trump zeroed in on people from suspicious "territories" as those who will receive deep scrutiny when trying to enter the United States. He did not directly repudiate his previous call for an outright ban.

"Call it whatever you want," Trump told CBS when asked if he was changing his previously released policy.

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This is the first time Trump himself has articulated the pivot and specification of the ban that many advisors have attempted to spin for him. Still, the GOP businessman has not disavowed his prior plan for a blanket ban or stated that it's being abandoned in the wake of a new policy that focuses on terror nations or specific territories.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-shifts-on-muslim-ban-calls-for-extreme-vetting/ar-BBur2tP

[63splitwindow]

1. "extreme vetting"

[shenmue]

3. Win

[Statistical]

5. WTF did they do to that car? Next time put a alert tag that it contains graphic car mutilation.

[63splitwindow]

9. E X T R E M E is usually ugly. Moderation in all things. nt

[Ken Burch]

11. I thought of THIS...

[63splitwindow]

12. Like the cat's reaction! nt

[seanbnewyork4]

14. I nearly spat out my coffee, LOL

Thanks for the laugh.

Anyway, Trump is being a flip-flopper now, as per usual.

[jpak]

2. I have extremely vetted Trumpo and determined he is a douchebag

or call him whatever you want...

yup

[philosslayer]

4. A ridiculous position

Muslims should receive the same vetting as a Catholic from Ireland, a Buddhist from Japan, or an Agnostic from Sweden.

[63splitwindow]

7. Can we vett the RW scumnut fundamentalists in view of current circumstances we face? nt

[PSPS]

6. "'extreme vetting' of persons from 'territories' with a history of terror"

I presume these "territories" would include the states from where the people involved in recent "terrorist" events in the US came, such as California and New York. I guess if they don't pass muster then, according to Trump, we just kill their families.

[jpak]

8. or, the Confederacy

yup

[bucolic_frolic]

10. He will try to weasel out of anything

no one should let him do it

no one should listen to him

his words could mean anything, or the exact opposite at any
given time

[Chicago1980]

13. 'Extreme Vetting'

Something the republicans should have done before electing Trump their nominee.

[bluestateguy]

15. "extreme vetting"

We actually already do that.

[Skittles]

16. LOL, if anyone needed EXTREME VETTING

oy vey

[pampango]

17. Typical politician. "I just said that to win the nomination. I'm really not that crazy."

We shall see how the 'outsider, non-politician' does as a regular politician. I suspect - not well - although the Islamophobic vote really has no where else to go.

[Fozzledick]

18. Vetting with "extreme prejudice"?

[marble falls]

19. "Extreme vetting"? Like Guantanamo?